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China: Sino-Cambodian friendship stronger than steel

Cambodia, with the help of China, has made great achievements in preventing the spread of COVID-19, bringing it under control while the rate of vaccination against the deadly virus has risen dramatically, according to a press release issued by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50966141/china-sino-cambodian-friendship-stronger-than-steel/

​​​​​​​Government and partners support quality education throughout the country’s COVID-19 recovery

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) was joined by its Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF III) partners to celebrate school reopening in Kampong Chhnang to witness the use of the new Home Learning Packages which are being distributed to all 760,180 Cambodian children in ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50965883/government-and-partners-support-quality-education-throughout-the-countrys-covid-19-recovery/

Beer Gardens allowed to reopen nationwide

Beer garden patrons and diners need not wait any longer as the once high risk business is now open to all nationwide. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964705/beer-gardens-allowed-to-reopen-nationwide/

Emergency nod given to Merck’s Covid pills

The Ministry of Health has authorised the emergency use of the US-produced drug Molnupiravir which was recently developed to treat Covid-19, with the government planning to spend around $2.5 million to ensure Cambodian patients have access to the medicine. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/emergency-nod-given-mercks-covid-pills

Jab card check for students a one-off

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport instructed municipal and provincial education departments across the country to inform school administrators that the vaccination card check for students should be done just once on the first day they attend classes. ...

Post staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jab-card-check-students-one

Home-based Covid patients warned about waste disposal

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng reminded Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms who are treating themselves at home to dispose of their waste properly. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/home-based-covid-patients-warned-about-waste-disposal

Phnom Penh’s Governor calls for stricter measures to ensure high-risk businesses remain close

Amid clandestine operations by desperate club, karaoke, and other high-risk business owners, Phnom Penh’s Governor issued an order to authorities of the capital’s 14 districts to implement stricter crackdowns on those who defy administrative measures. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964252/phnom-penhs-governor-calls-for-stricter-measures-to-ensure-high-risk-businesses-remain-close/

Gov’t rolls out 10th round of relief measures

The government has rolled out the 10th round of economic relief measures to manage the impact on key sectors from Covid-19 and the ongoing recovery process, and bolster economic growth during and after the crisis. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-rolls-out-10th-round-relief-measures

PM declares Cambodia fully reopen from Nov 1

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that Cambodia is reopening the country fully across all sectors from November 1 on the basis of four factors: Full vaccination of much of the population, the availability of effective Covid-19 treatments and medicines, increased experience in dealing with ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-declares-cambodia-fully-reopen-nov-1

PM: Grade 12 exam still on

Public and private educational institutions across Cambodia reopened their doors on November 1 after being closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Prime Minister Hun Sen made it clear that high school diploma exams would be taking place this year and students will ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-grade-12-exam-still

Hun Sen: Cambodia officially reopens Nov 1 onwards

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the reopening of the country in all sectors starting November 1. ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-cambodia-officially-reopens-nov-1-onwards

Cambodia’s ‘Stop Covid’ QR Code wins international award

The Kingdom’s “Stop Covid” QR Code – a location and contact-tracing app designed to prevent the coronavirus spreading – has won the Global South Covid-19 Digital Innovation Challenge award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICT). ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-stop-covid-qr-code-wins-international-award

Government continues recovery measures against COVID-19 impacts

The Royal Government continues measures to mitigate the socio-economic fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support businesses to get back on track for the recovery stage. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50961812/government-continues-recovery-measures-against-covid-19-impacts/

90% drop in domestic tourists compared to last year

Cambodia recorded about 2.42 million domestic tourists, of whom more than 2.26 million were citizens and about 160,000 foreign nationals, in the first eight months of this year. ...

Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50961616/90-drop-in-domestic-tourists-compared-to-last-year/

PM: Cambodia ‘fully reopened’ from 1st of November

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the full reopening of the country from 1 November 2021. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50962742/pm-cambodia-fully-reopened-from-1st-of-november/

Rubber exports bounce past $265M in first nine months

Cambodia exported 174,100 tonnes of rubber valued at $265.8 million in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 48,300 tonnes (38.4 per cent) in volume and $111.6 million (72.3 per cent) in value over January-September 2020, the General Department of Customs and Excise reported. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-bounce-past-265m-first-nine-months

Hun Sen calls for more US support

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for continued support from the US for ASEAN in the fight against Covid-19 in order to help the bloc “build back better” during the post-pandemic socio-economic recovery period. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-calls-more-us-support

Quarantines waived for recovered Covid patients

The Ministry of Health has waived the 14-day quarantine requirement for Covid-19 patients who have fully recovered from the disease, according to a directive issued by Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng on October 26. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/quarantines-waived-recovered-covid-patients

Cash handout for poor enters seventh round

The government on October 24 completed the third phase of the sixth round of funding to assist 670,000 poor and vulnerable people. The cash assistance is to help needy people hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the government handing out more than 120 billion ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cash-handout-poor-enters-seventh-round

Gov’t spent more than $570 million on IDpoor

Ministry of Social Affairs announced yesterday that the government has spent more than $570 million to provide cash assistance to poor families suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic from June 25, 2020 to September 24 this year. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959640/govt-spent-more-than-570-million-on-idpoor/

MoH ends at-home quarantine for recovered patients

The Health Ministry yesterday announced the exemption of at-home quarantine for Covid-19 patients who have completed treatment at hospitals or treatment centres. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959497/moh-ends-at-home-quarantine-for-recovered-patients/

Banana players call for SPS awareness to boost exports

Cambodia’s fresh banana exports to China have made remarkable progress this year, despite the challenges posed by the protracted Covid-19 crisis. But concerns linger over sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards and the Kingdom’s ability to build on this positive momentum over the coming years. ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banana-players-call-sps-awareness-boost-exports

Quarantine waived for health workers and service providers

The government will waive quarantine for medical workers and frontline service providers at treatment facilities who maintain strict health measures while on duty and receive negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results.​ ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/quarantine-waived-health-workers-and-service-providers

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